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‘This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought.’
Kai Greene made his Mr. Olympia debut in 2009 after having won the Arnold Classic and the Australian Grand Prix six months earlier. For his first Olympia, Kai and his coach at the time, Oscar Ardon spent seven weeks in Las Vegas leading up to the event, isolated and focused 100 percent on victory. Video producer Mike Pulcinella spent three days with them as chronicled in his DVD “Kai Greene, A New Breed, Volume 1: Overkill.”
Mike began filming Kai just before he departed, at his final workout at Fifth Avenue Gym in Brooklyn. There, he began to understand just how different Kai’s approach to the sport of bodybuilding was:
“This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought. Look at creation theory. The Creator spoke it, and it was. Let there be light and there was light. Thoughts become actions.”
Pulcinella delved into Kai’s training philosophy, and it was here that Kai explained to him that training at that rarified level few men ever approach must come from a place of pure rage. He used eight-time Ronnie Coleman to illustrate his point.
“Where does a man have to go in order to put 800 pounds on his back and say, I’m gonna squat down to the floor and stand up as many times as I can before I pass out or blow something out? Think of the rage that would have to be there inside. You tell me where he would have to go. There’s violence in there, there’s rage. I believe there has to be. There’s no way you can do that and be a nice guy. You have to be a nasty mother*cker behind the scenes and be able to call on that when you need to.”
Mike arrived in Las Vegas four weeks later and began filming in the austere hotel room with a kitchenette Kai and Oscar had set up camp in, far off the Las Vegas Strip. Motivational DVDs and tapes were the constant background soundtrack.
As focused and driven as Kai most definitely was, he is still a human being and has his moments of self-doubt. Mike captured the following quote as the rigors of prep were finally getting to Kai:
“When any man embarks on a journey on the path of achieving something that challenges them in a way that brings forth their best, their best connection to their concentration and the best focus of their thoughts, you will end up stopping at some to think, why am I doing this? At times it can become overwhelming.”
This led Mike to ponder the question about this training camp experiment: was Las Vegas Kai’s sanctuary, or his prison? Kai responded with brutal honesty.
“There were times when it felt like both. The times when it felt like a prison were when I needed to stop and reassess who I am and why I was doing this. The purpose of being there was to exact my will on a circumstance, to bring my will to fruition, to create the reality that I wanted. Thinking in that perspective, I wasn’t in a prison at all. Should it start to look or feel like that, it means I need to refocus my thinking. Maybe I’m getting away from the right thoughts that keep me grounded and on the path to increase.”
One interesting aspect of Kai’s 2009 Mr. Olympia prep is that he did not follow any set schedule for meals and training. He ate when he was hungry and trained when he felt ready. Weight training or cardio sessions often took place at bizarre times like midnight or 3:00 a.m. His coach Oscar explained the logic behind this.
“A lot of people go by a schedule. Or if they are working with a coach or trainer, they go by what the guy tells him. I go basically by what his body tells me. I go according to what his needs are, not trying to put him into a format of what I want him to do. I have theories and ideas, but sometimes they go out the window because his body dictates something else.”
Ultimately, Kai placed fourth in his Mr. Olympia debut behind Jay Cutler, the first and still only man to regain a lost Olympia title, the best version of Branch Warren we ever saw, and defending Mr. Olympia Dexter Jackson. It was not the outcome Kai and Oscar had hoped for, trained for, and suffered for. They had brought him in a bit smaller intentionally, but the end result at 250 had him looking flat compared to the fuller 260-270 that was always his best. Kai reflected on the training camp and whether it was “too extreme” as follows.
“Everything you do yields some kind of lesson to be learned. Future success is built on those lessons. So no, I don’t think it was too extreme. I think it was a stepping stone toward future success.”
“I’m not a Buddhist monk. I’m a person aspiring to be a better athlete, more proficient at my craft as an athlete, and also a better man. I’m on the road to doing that. Will I ever be able to be the absolute master of all? It’s questionable. I can only continue to aim for the target. However, it’s safe to say at this moment that there’s a lot left to be desired in my own development. I’m a work in progress.”
Source: Mike Pulcinella YouTube Channel
@MikePulcinellaVideo
“Kai Greene: OVERKILL” (complete bodybuilding documentary)
Instagram @kaigreene
Instagram @chroniclesofkingkai
Twitter @KaiGreene
Facebook @officialkaigreene
chroniclesofkingkai.com
trainwithkai.com
YouTube: Kai Greene
Kai Greene’s Redcon1 Stack
Total War® RTD - pre-workout
BIG NOISE® - pre-workout
ISOTOPE® - post-workout
Yohimbine HCL - pre-workout
MED+KIT® - upon waking
BREACH® - intra-workout
For more information, visit redcon1.com
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Kai’s Epic Training Camp
The Kai Files
Sponsored by REDCON1
‘This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought.’
Kai Greene made his Mr. Olympia debut in 2009 after having won the Arnold Classic and the Australian Grand Prix six months earlier. For his first Olympia, Kai and his coach at the time, Oscar Ardon spent seven weeks in Las Vegas leading up to the event, isolated and focused 100 percent on victory. Video producer Mike Pulcinella spent three days with them as chronicled in his DVD “Kai Greene, A New Breed, Volume 1: Overkill.”
Mike began filming Kai just before he departed, at his final workout at Fifth Avenue Gym in Brooklyn. There, he began to understand just how different Kai’s approach to the sport of bodybuilding was:
“This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought. Look at creation theory. The Creator spoke it, and it was. Let there be light and there was light. Thoughts become actions.”
Pulcinella delved into Kai’s training philosophy, and it was here that Kai explained to him that training at that rarified level few men ever approach must come from a place of pure rage. He used eight-time Ronnie Coleman to illustrate his point.
“Where does a man have to go in order to put 800 pounds on his back and say, I’m gonna squat down to the floor and stand up as many times as I can before I pass out or blow something out? Think of the rage that would have to be there inside. You tell me where he would have to go. There’s violence in there, there’s rage. I believe there has to be. There’s no way you can do that and be a nice guy. You have to be a nasty mother*cker behind the scenes and be able to call on that when you need to.”
Mike arrived in Las Vegas four weeks later and began filming in the austere hotel room with a kitchenette Kai and Oscar had set up camp in, far off the Las Vegas Strip. Motivational DVDs and tapes were the constant background soundtrack.
As focused and driven as Kai most definitely was, he is still a human being and has his moments of self-doubt. Mike captured the following quote as the rigors of prep were finally getting to Kai:
“When any man embarks on a journey on the path of achieving something that challenges them in a way that brings forth their best, their best connection to their concentration and the best focus of their thoughts, you will end up stopping at some to think, why am I doing this? At times it can become overwhelming.”
This led Mike to ponder the question about this training camp experiment: was Las Vegas Kai’s sanctuary, or his prison? Kai responded with brutal honesty.
“There were times when it felt like both. The times when it felt like a prison were when I needed to stop and reassess who I am and why I was doing this. The purpose of being there was to exact my will on a circumstance, to bring my will to fruition, to create the reality that I wanted. Thinking in that perspective, I wasn’t in a prison at all. Should it start to look or feel like that, it means I need to refocus my thinking. Maybe I’m getting away from the right thoughts that keep me grounded and on the path to increase.”
One interesting aspect of Kai’s 2009 Mr. Olympia prep is that he did not follow any set schedule for meals and training. He ate when he was hungry and trained when he felt ready. Weight training or cardio sessions often took place at bizarre times like midnight or 3:00 a.m. His coach Oscar explained the logic behind this.
“A lot of people go by a schedule. Or if they are working with a coach or trainer, they go by what the guy tells him. I go basically by what his body tells me. I go according to what his needs are, not trying to put him into a format of what I want him to do. I have theories and ideas, but sometimes they go out the window because his body dictates something else.”
Ultimately, Kai placed fourth in his Mr. Olympia debut behind Jay Cutler, the first and still only man to regain a lost Olympia title, the best version of Branch Warren we ever saw, and defending Mr. Olympia Dexter Jackson. It was not the outcome Kai and Oscar had hoped for, trained for, and suffered for. They had brought him in a bit smaller intentionally, but the end result at 250 had him looking flat compared to the fuller 260-270 that was always his best. Kai reflected on the training camp and whether it was “too extreme” as follows.
“Everything you do yields some kind of lesson to be learned. Future success is built on those lessons. So no, I don’t think it was too extreme. I think it was a stepping stone toward future success.”
“I’m not a Buddhist monk. I’m a person aspiring to be a better athlete, more proficient at my craft as an athlete, and also a better man. I’m on the road to doing that. Will I ever be able to be the absolute master of all? It’s questionable. I can only continue to aim for the target. However, it’s safe to say at this moment that there’s a lot left to be desired in my own development. I’m a work in progress.”
Source: Mike Pulcinella YouTube Channel
@MikePulcinellaVideo
“Kai Greene: OVERKILL” (complete bodybuilding documentary)
Instagram @kaigreene
Instagram @chroniclesofkingkai
Twitter @KaiGreene
Facebook @officialkaigreene
chroniclesofkingkai.com
trainwithkai.com
YouTube: Kai Greene
Kai Greene’s Redcon1 Stack
Total War® RTD - pre-workout
BIG NOISE® - pre-workout
ISOTOPE® - post-workout
Yohimbine HCL - pre-workout
MED+KIT® - upon waking
BREACH® - intra-workout
For more information, visit redcon1.com
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The Kai Files
Sponsored by REDCON1
‘This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought.’
Kai Greene made his Mr. Olympia debut in 2009 after having won the Arnold Classic and the Australian Grand Prix six months earlier. For his first Olympia, Kai and his coach at the time, Oscar Ardon spent seven weeks in Las Vegas leading up to the event, isolated and focused 100 percent on victory. Video producer Mike Pulcinella spent three days with them as chronicled in his DVD “Kai Greene, A New Breed, Volume 1: Overkill.”
Mike began filming Kai just before he departed, at his final workout at Fifth Avenue Gym in Brooklyn. There, he began to understand just how different Kai’s approach to the sport of bodybuilding was:
“This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought. Look at creation theory. The Creator spoke it, and it was. Let there be light and there was light. Thoughts become actions.”
Pulcinella delved into Kai’s training philosophy, and it was here that Kai explained to him that training at that rarified level few men ever approach must come from a place of pure rage. He used eight-time Ronnie Coleman to illustrate his point.
“Where does a man have to go in order to put 800 pounds on his back and say, I’m gonna squat down to the floor and stand up as many times as I can before I pass out or blow something out? Think of the rage that would have to be there inside. You tell me where he would have to go. There’s violence in there, there’s rage. I believe there has to be. There’s no way you can do that and be a nice guy. You have to be a nasty mother*cker behind the scenes and be able to call on that when you need to.”
Mike arrived in Las Vegas four weeks later and began filming in the austere hotel room with a kitchenette Kai and Oscar had set up camp in, far off the Las Vegas Strip. Motivational DVDs and tapes were the constant background soundtrack.
As focused and driven as Kai most definitely was, he is still a human being and has his moments of self-doubt. Mike captured the following quote as the rigors of prep were finally getting to Kai:
“When any man embarks on a journey on the path of achieving something that challenges them in a way that brings forth their best, their best connection to their concentration and the best focus of their thoughts, you will end up stopping at some to think, why am I doing this? At times it can become overwhelming.”
This led Mike to ponder the question about this training camp experiment: was Las Vegas Kai’s sanctuary, or his prison? Kai responded with brutal honesty.
“There were times when it felt like both. The times when it felt like a prison were when I needed to stop and reassess who I am and why I was doing this. The purpose of being there was to exact my will on a circumstance, to bring my will to fruition, to create the reality that I wanted. Thinking in that perspective, I wasn’t in a prison at all. Should it start to look or feel like that, it means I need to refocus my thinking. Maybe I’m getting away from the right thoughts that keep me grounded and on the path to increase.”
One interesting aspect of Kai’s 2009 Mr. Olympia prep is that he did not follow any set schedule for meals and training. He ate when he was hungry and trained when he felt ready. Weight training or cardio sessions often took place at bizarre times like midnight or 3:00 a.m. His coach Oscar explained the logic behind this.
“A lot of people go by a schedule. Or if they are working with a coach or trainer, they go by what the guy tells him. I go basically by what his body tells me. I go according to what his needs are, not trying to put him into a format of what I want him to do. I have theories and ideas, but sometimes they go out the window because his body dictates something else.”
Ultimately, Kai placed fourth in his Mr. Olympia debut behind Jay Cutler, the first and still only man to regain a lost Olympia title, the best version of Branch Warren we ever saw, and defending Mr. Olympia Dexter Jackson. It was not the outcome Kai and Oscar had hoped for, trained for, and suffered for. They had brought him in a bit smaller intentionally, but the end result at 250 had him looking flat compared to the fuller 260-270 that was always his best. Kai reflected on the training camp and whether it was “too extreme” as follows.
“Everything you do yields some kind of lesson to be learned. Future success is built on those lessons. So no, I don’t think it was too extreme. I think it was a stepping stone toward future success.”
“I’m not a Buddhist monk. I’m a person aspiring to be a better athlete, more proficient at my craft as an athlete, and also a better man. I’m on the road to doing that. Will I ever be able to be the absolute master of all? It’s questionable. I can only continue to aim for the target. However, it’s safe to say at this moment that there’s a lot left to be desired in my own development. I’m a work in progress.”
Source: Mike Pulcinella YouTube Channel
@MikePulcinellaVideo
“Kai Greene: OVERKILL” (complete bodybuilding documentary)
Instagram @kaigreene
Instagram @chroniclesofkingkai
Twitter @KaiGreene
Facebook @officialkaigreene
chroniclesofkingkai.com
trainwithkai.com
YouTube: Kai Greene
Kai Greene’s Redcon1 Stack
Total War® RTD - pre-workout
BIG NOISE® - pre-workout
ISOTOPE® - post-workout
Yohimbine HCL - pre-workout
MED+KIT® - upon waking
BREACH® - intra-workout
For more information, visit redcon1.com
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Kai’s Epic Training Camp
The Kai Files
Sponsored by REDCON1
‘This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought.’
Kai Greene made his Mr. Olympia debut in 2009 after having won the Arnold Classic and the Australian Grand Prix six months earlier. For his first Olympia, Kai and his coach at the time, Oscar Ardon spent seven weeks in Las Vegas leading up to the event, isolated and focused 100 percent on victory. Video producer Mike Pulcinella spent three days with them as chronicled in his DVD “Kai Greene, A New Breed, Volume 1: Overkill.”
Mike began filming Kai just before he departed, at his final workout at Fifth Avenue Gym in Brooklyn. There, he began to understand just how different Kai’s approach to the sport of bodybuilding was:
“This whole game is about being a champion of mind, being in control of your own thoughts. Mind is everything. The most powerful thing in this universe is the power of thought. Look at creation theory. The Creator spoke it, and it was. Let there be light and there was light. Thoughts become actions.”
Pulcinella delved into Kai’s training philosophy, and it was here that Kai explained to him that training at that rarified level few men ever approach must come from a place of pure rage. He used eight-time Ronnie Coleman to illustrate his point.
“Where does a man have to go in order to put 800 pounds on his back and say, I’m gonna squat down to the floor and stand up as many times as I can before I pass out or blow something out? Think of the rage that would have to be there inside. You tell me where he would have to go. There’s violence in there, there’s rage. I believe there has to be. There’s no way you can do that and be a nice guy. You have to be a nasty mother*cker behind the scenes and be able to call on that when you need to.”
Mike arrived in Las Vegas four weeks later and began filming in the austere hotel room with a kitchenette Kai and Oscar had set up camp in, far off the Las Vegas Strip. Motivational DVDs and tapes were the constant background soundtrack.
As focused and driven as Kai most definitely was, he is still a human being and has his moments of self-doubt. Mike captured the following quote as the rigors of prep were finally getting to Kai:
“When any man embarks on a journey on the path of achieving something that challenges them in a way that brings forth their best, their best connection to their concentration and the best focus of their thoughts, you will end up stopping at some to think, why am I doing this? At times it can become overwhelming.”
This led Mike to ponder the question about this training camp experiment: was Las Vegas Kai’s sanctuary, or his prison? Kai responded with brutal honesty.
“There were times when it felt like both. The times when it felt like a prison were when I needed to stop and reassess who I am and why I was doing this. The purpose of being there was to exact my will on a circumstance, to bring my will to fruition, to create the reality that I wanted. Thinking in that perspective, I wasn’t in a prison at all. Should it start to look or feel like that, it means I need to refocus my thinking. Maybe I’m getting away from the right thoughts that keep me grounded and on the path to increase.”
One interesting aspect of Kai’s 2009 Mr. Olympia prep is that he did not follow any set schedule for meals and training. He ate when he was hungry and trained when he felt ready. Weight training or cardio sessions often took place at bizarre times like midnight or 3:00 a.m. His coach Oscar explained the logic behind this.
“A lot of people go by a schedule. Or if they are working with a coach or trainer, they go by what the guy tells him. I go basically by what his body tells me. I go according to what his needs are, not trying to put him into a format of what I want him to do. I have theories and ideas, but sometimes they go out the window because his body dictates something else.”
Ultimately, Kai placed fourth in his Mr. Olympia debut behind Jay Cutler, the first and still only man to regain a lost Olympia title, the best version of Branch Warren we ever saw, and defending Mr. Olympia Dexter Jackson. It was not the outcome Kai and Oscar had hoped for, trained for, and suffered for. They had brought him in a bit smaller intentionally, but the end result at 250 had him looking flat compared to the fuller 260-270 that was always his best. Kai reflected on the training camp and whether it was “too extreme” as follows.
“Everything you do yields some kind of lesson to be learned. Future success is built on those lessons. So no, I don’t think it was too extreme. I think it was a stepping stone toward future success.”
“I’m not a Buddhist monk. I’m a person aspiring to be a better athlete, more proficient at my craft as an athlete, and also a better man. I’m on the road to doing that. Will I ever be able to be the absolute master of all? It’s questionable. I can only continue to aim for the target. However, it’s safe to say at this moment that there’s a lot left to be desired in my own development. I’m a work in progress.”
Source: Mike Pulcinella YouTube Channel
@MikePulcinellaVideo
“Kai Greene: OVERKILL” (complete bodybuilding documentary)
Instagram @kaigreene
Instagram @chroniclesofkingkai
Twitter @KaiGreene
Facebook @officialkaigreene
chroniclesofkingkai.com
trainwithkai.com
YouTube: Kai Greene
Kai Greene’s Redcon1 Stack
Total War® RTD - pre-workout
BIG NOISE® - pre-workout
ISOTOPE® - post-workout
Yohimbine HCL - pre-workout
MED+KIT® - upon waking
BREACH® - intra-workout
For more information, visit redcon1.com
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